Siegbert Tarrasch

I have always a slight feeling of pity for the man who has no knowledge of chess.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown357"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "6k1/3br3/3p4/6N1/1KP2P1Q/1P1BqP2/7P/1R6 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Qd2+ ( { Black can try: } 1... Qc5+ 2. Kc3 Qa5+ 3. b4 Qa3+ 4. Kd4 Bc8 5. Ne4 Qa7+ 6. Kc3 Qa3+ 7. Kc2 Qa6 8. Nf6+ Kf7 9. Qh7+ Kxf6 10. Qg6# ) ( { Black can also try: } 1... Qb6+ 2. Ka3 Qa5+ 3. Kb2 Qd2+ 4. Bc2 Qd4+ 5. Kc1 Qe3+ 6. Kd1 Qg1+ 7. Kd2 Qe3+ 8. Kd1 Qg1+ 9. Kd2 { Draw by repetition of
position. } ) 2. Ka3 Bf5 ( { Black can try: } 2... Qxd3 3. Rg1 Rg7 4. Ne4 Rxg1 5. Qd8+ Kg7 ( 5... Kh7 6. Qxd7+ Kh6 7. Qe6+ Rg6 8. Qh3+ Kg7 9. Qd7+ Kh6 10. f5 Rg7 11. Qe6+ Kh7 12. Nf6+ Kh6 13. Ne8+ Kh7 14. Nxg7 Kxg7 15. f6+ Kh7 16. Qf7+ Kh6 17. Qg7+ Kh5 18. Qg4+ Kh6 19. f7 Qg6 20. f8=Q+ Kh7 21. Qh4+ Qh6 22. Qhxh6# ) 6. Qxd7+ Kh8 7. Qe8+ Rg8 8. Qh5+ Kg7 9. Qg5+ Kf8 10. Qf6+ Ke8 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6+ 12. Qxd6 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3. Bxf5 Ra7# 0-1